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The other direction. i don't know how much they can take, shepard. shep: we just got word storm surge is a significant threat for the keys still as the west wind continue. the store surge could increase to 5-10 feet above ground level. look at north bay village. let's listen live. this is the center of biscayne bay. >> it's unbelievable. in the matter of a half-hour the water made it over the storm wall, three feet, and we are starting to see flooding in our own parking lot. our studio is surrounded by water. and we can hear the wind howling. so i thought at one point we were in the worst of i...

Noon today and with the high winds on the front of hurricane irma we are seeing values up to 3 to 4 feet, and that may continue. so the east coast of florida is a storm surge threat and further up the coast as the storm progresses north. irma is a significant hurricane. rainfall as well as tornado threat. we have a tornado watch for orlando southward. shep: i want to show you the area we are talking about. this change in direction. the storm is moving west-northwest for a long time. now it meade that promise turn to the north. one they thought would happen 12 hours ago. it didn't, now it has.

Sucks the water out of the bayside of key largo. that what per will eventually come back when the water starts coming from the other direction. we could get a pretty good storm surge on the bayside of key largo. hurricane irvin was a category 4. it hit pensacola as a 3. we were in the eye of that one. this has as much power or more and we are not in the eye. we'll be 25 miles or 30 miles to the east. that's what will hit so much of the west coast of florida. if you are watching on the west coast of florida it temperatures